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Winter is a 2D pixel-art strategy game inspired by Slavic mythology. Build an army, protect your forest settlement from mythical creatures, and bring eternal spring to your land. Explore, recruit fighters, and strategize to overcome the challenges of winter.

Early AccessMar 15, 2022
Price$ 4.99
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)69.9% (mixed) Bottom 35% / 63.5%  Bottom 25%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)65.1% / 60.5%  Bottom 35%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)113  / 148
Curators13 reviews
Median Play Time1.4 hour
Play Time per Dollar8 minutes  Bottom 15%
Followers1.5K  Top 30%
Owners± 6.9K 
Copies Sold± 5.3K 
Gross Revenue ($)± 19.4K 

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Winter steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This graph shows Winter's Steam rating and reviews between March 2022 and December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 88.1% (March 2022) to 63.5% (December 2023).

With its 148 reviews, Winter could be considered a decent success for an indie game. The chart suggests a long tail distribution, which could mean that the game was promoted at laucnch but that there were no more marketing, update or major discounts after that point.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Winter and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut chart displays the languages of Winter's reviewers. The most popular language is English (50%), followed by Russian (29%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 13 different languages represented. The game is available in 103 languages, which is great.

Time Played

Chart displaying Winter percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Winter depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The reviews during the game's time in Early Access are visible too. The time in game is relatively low, with only 288 minutes in the 80th percentile. Some players enjoy short games, but there is always a risk that people will be disapointed.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 5.2 times less than the median for positive reviews.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Catchy visuals: demand of players
  • Recruitment, development, and destruction gameplay present
  • Game follows the style of the Kingdom series
  • Poorly designed tutorial
  • Lacking explanation of what to do in-game
  • Coins lost forever when unable to construct a building
  • Central structure investments have no effect
  • Investment spots have no effect
  • Monsters kill player without showing remaining health
  • Fog and snow effects make game unplayable
  • Exiting to the menu removes progress
  • Villagers are useless and don't produce coins
  • Coins wasted on trees with no effect

These advantages and disadvantages are not meant to provide a fair assessment of the game, but to help developers identify potential improvements. The game's score of 69.9%  Bottom 35% should be considered while evaluating them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Winter's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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